Guest MarylandQDMA Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 hey all, this hit me last night, I have never hunted rural deer. so that got the gears going. is there a differance in tatact for the two areas (suburban & rural)? I have never sat on a corn, soybean field but I have set up on a backyard shed! or used a green house for a ground blind! what's your take on the two areas? Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural They can be hunted the same way..via scouting and using stands...but the rural areas also lend themselves to spot and stalk (if its open areas) or still hunting(wooded areas) where-as in suburban areas you don't have the room for those last 2 methods. JMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural I use rural methods to get suburban deer. We do deer drives through a golf course, a ballfield, a cemetary and the back yard of an old folks home (UNARMED!!). When the deer coming running out and leave the village limits there are watchers waiting for them....BANG! We get some dandy bucks that way Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural [ QUOTE ] I use rural methods to get suburban deer. We do deer drives through a golf course, a ballfield, a cemetary and the back yard of an old folks home (UNARMED!!). When the deer coming running out and leave the village limits there watchers waiting for them....BANG! We get some dandy bucks that way Ranger [/ QUOTE ] Wow..I would love to see that on video. Deer running thru a golf course and cemeteries and ball fields. That would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I use rural methods to get suburban deer. We do deer drives through a golf course, a ballfield, a cemetary and the back yard of an old folks home (UNARMED!!). When the deer coming running out and leave the village limits there watchers waiting for them....BANG! We get some dandy bucks that way Ranger [/ QUOTE ] Wow..I would love to see that on video. Deer running thru a golf course and cemeteries and ball fields. That would be great. [/ QUOTE ] It can also be quite comical when the deer do the unexpected. We did one of the above drives and a big 6 point decided it would be safer to run into town. Several hour later we stopped into the Mobilmart for something and we overheard the tellar explaining to someone how this big buck ran right through her parking lot. You can only imagine the strange looks when me and my best pal started laughing out loud. Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural Well I can use my bedroom as a blind sometimes. I live in the country though. I have had deer within 30 yards of my bedroom window several times. It's pretty neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuckdown70 Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural my hunting budy lives on 3 acers that backs up to conservation ground and he just (belive it are not) called me last friday and asked if i could lend him a hand so i went up there and he was tilling up his hole backyard and we sowed turnups in his back yard (would never shot a deer there though) whats going to happen this spring when the rot think his backyard will smell a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DaveGP Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural i dont know about rural but i used to hunt on 300 acres and now i hunt on 30... have hunted as small as 12 and i do the same thing. i climb into my treestand after i have scouted the area. the 30 acre farm i hunt has a nice valley with a cow pasture on one side and i field on the other with only one spot of heavy woods and its a nice funnel for the deer... believe it or not the other valley is hidden from view and has only sparse trees and the deer just stand around a lot because they feel safe, but they can also see you coming. its not bad the neighbor is an anti so in his 25 acre yard i have seen 12 or more deer bedding on one hill.... its a great hole for them to hide then they head to my funnel! dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural Dont know, all the hunting I have done has been right behind the house on our small piece of land. There is a lot of farm land out here, but there are also houses scattered here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural I do a great deal of suburban hunting. Not far(1/2mile) from one of the trees I climb to deer hunt is an elementary school. At 8am I do the pledge of allegiance with them I heard a wife yelling at a husband for coming home late...garage doors opening and closing...even people walking their dogs right under my stand... There is not much woods around here, most everywhere is developed. So the few woodlots hold some big ones. Access seems to be the hardest part. One thing for sure is... suburban deer make for and interesting drag Hide and seek with the neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thayer Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 Re: suburban vs. rural I would think that scent control would not be necessary in the suburban setting. Rural deer, otherwise, need to be hunted differently. Different atmospheres and predators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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